Regiment: Royal Garrison Artillery 11th Hull Heavy Battery

BORN KEYINGHAM 1879. ONLY SON OF THOMAS & SARAH DAWSON, HULL CITY ASYLUM COTTAGES, WILLERBY. A SHOP ASSISTANT AND MILITARY BUYER. HE MARRIED ON 18/10/1904. HIS WIFE BEATRICE TOTTIE, LIVED AT 10 MARSHFIELD PLACE, MARSHFIELD, BRADFORD. THEY HAD ONE SON, CALLED CYRIL. HE ENLISTED IN LIVERPOOL ON 11/05/1916. SERVED AS A GUNNER, IN THE R […]

BORN BEVERLEY 26/12/1874. SON OF THOMAS ELLIOT (1843-1897) AND MARY RICHARDSON (1845-1914), OF 307 BOULEVARD, HULL. EMPLOYED IN THE TIMBER MERCHANT BUSINESS. HE MARRIED IN 1896. HIS WIFE GERTRUDE ELIZABETH BATLEY (1878-1920) AND CHILDREN ETHEL (1896-1978), THOMAS (1897-1962) AND JOHN (1900-1973). HE HAD SERVED IN THE ROYAL NAVY FROM 20/0 […]

BORN HULL 1888. SON OF DANVERS & ELIZABETH HART, HESSLE. WIFE FLORENCE & 4 CHILDREN LIVED ABOVE. HULL HEROES WEBSITE.

BORN PATRINGTON 1889. RAISED BY HIS GRANDPARENTS, TOM AND ANN BILLANEY, OF PATRINGTON. HE MARRIED MARTHA BARR (1892-1965) AT PATRINGTON, IN 1910. THEY HAD 3 DAUGHTERS AND LIVED AT HOLDERNESS HALL, PRESTON, HULL EMPLOYED AS A WAGGONER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, GUNNER, 1ST HULL HEAVY BATTERY. TRANSFERRED TO THE 11TH HULL HEAVY BATTER […]

BORN BARNARD CASTLE, STAINTON, DURHAM 1872. AN ORPHAN. HE HAD NO KNOWN PARENTS OR SIBLINGS. SERVED FOR THE EAST KENT YEOMANRY AND DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY FOR 12 YEARS . IN CIVILIAN LIVE HE WORKED AS A FISH SALESMAN AND STEWARD. MARRIED ELIZABETH ANN WILBERN, ON 29/12/1900, AT HEBBARN-ON-TYNE. THEY LIVED AT 78 LONDESBOROUGH STREET, HULL (19 […]

BORN WOODHOUSE, COTTINGHAM 1880. SON OF FRANCIS & JANE WINTER. A SINGLE MAN. HE LIVED WITH HIS BROTHER ALFRED, IN PRESTON, HOLDERNESS. EMPLOYED AS A DOMESTIC SERVANT (1911 CENSUS) AND AT THE ASSYLUM FARM, WILLERBY. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL HEAVY BATTERY. DIED OF FEVER, IN EAST AFRICA, ON 22/08/1917, AGED 32 HIS NAME IS LISTED ON A […]

BORN TIPPERARY 1881. SON OF WILLIAM YEOMAN (1852-1912) AND MARGARET McCARDLE (1853-1890), OF 5 PRINCES ROAD, DOCK STREET, HULL. HIS FATHER WAS BORN IN GOOLE. A FORMER ARTILLERYMAN AND WORKED AS A BRICKLAYER. HIS MOTHER WAS FROM DUNDALK, LOUTH, IRELAND. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS, JOSEPH AND CHARLES AND ONE SISTER, ANNIE WHITFIELD, WHO LIVED IN […]